In the last few years, the remarkable increase of containerized trade and the resulting increase in congestion and operating costs of container terminals have indicated the importance of integrated management of port resources. This research investigates an integrated decision problem that deals with the simultaneous optimization of berth allocation, tugboat and quay crane assignment. The main ...

Input-shaping is a practical open-loop strategy for the control of transient and residual oscillations on cranes, especially those having predefined payload transfer paths and repeated maneuvers. In this paper double-step input-shaping control approach is developed to include maneuvers that involve large hoisting distances and speeds. The approach is based on using the graphical representation ...

A solution to the problems of resource allocation and scheduling of loading and unloading operations in a container terminal is presented. The two problems are formulated and solved hierarchically. First, the solution of the resource allocation problem returns, over a number of work shifts, a set of quay cranes used to load and unload containers from the moored ships and the set of yard cranes ...

In order to accommodate the growth in intercontinental container transport, port facilities have to be up-scaled drastically. One of the major challenges is to double the capacity of the marine operation on a container terminal. In this study the model of a quay transport system using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) is integrated with a detailed model of the container stack. The result is a ge...

The berth allocation problem (BAP), which de nes a processing interval and a berth at the quay wall for each ship to be (un-)loaded, is an essential decision problem for e ciently operating a container port. In this paper we integrate mobile quay walls into the BAP. Mobile quay walls are huge propelled oating platforms, which encase ships moored at the immobile quay and provide additional quay ...

The baseline plan of terminals will be impacted to a certain extent after being affected by uncertain events, such as vessel delay and unscheduled arrival, resulting in disorderly terminal operations, wasted resources, reduced loading unloading efficiency, which further aggravates congestion. To effectively cope with the disturbance operations above events improve operational efficiency contain...